Living Out Our Faith

On May 4th, 2019, join thousands of Catholics from across North America at the premier conference on the New Evangelization. The event will be held at the Infinity Convention Centre in Ottawa and webcast to host sites across Canada and the US. This year’s Summit is once again featuring world-class Catholic speakers: Michael Dopp, Fr. James Mallon, Cardinal Gerald Lacroix,…

On this Laetare Sunday, we focus on the JOY that is the hallmark of our healing encounter with the mercy of God. (Excerpted from The Church of Mercy by Pope Francis): I am always struck when I reread the parable of the merciful father; … it always gives me great hope. Think of that younger son who was in the father’s house, who was loved; and yet he wants his…

Without God, we are nothing. In our fallen state, we have conditional love ingrained in our hearts. But with God, we can learn to love unconditionally. When Jesus asks us to be merciful as God is merciful, we have the capacity to do it because we have the Holy Spirit present and helping us. To follow Him, we need to acknowledge that we can’t do His work without Him.…

We KNOW the Lord personally. We GROW deeper in our faith. We GO forth to share the good news. Here is a little something to think about as we strive to be good stewards of all that we have: Your Treasure and Your Heart (excerpt from Fr. Bob Bedard’s We Are Called to be Companions of the Cross, 114) When I eat out, where do I go? Will Bert’s Beanery do, or does it always…

The World Day of the Sick was instituted by Pope John Paul II in 1992 and has three permanent themes. First, it reminds the faithful to pray intensely and sincerely for those who are sick. Second, the celebration invites Christians to reflect on and respond to human suffering. And third, this day recognizes and honours all persons who work in health care and serve as…

On February 11, we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, a title given to the blessed Virgin Mary venerated in honour of the Marian apparitions that occurred in 1858 to St. Bernadette Soubirous. It is fitting that the World Day of the Sick, instituted by Pope John Paul II in 1992, share this…

Dear Parish Family, Thank you so very much for your generosity in giving Christmas gifts, food, and well wishes. Fr. Lawrence, Miguel and I are very grateful and we have had a wonderful week. Fr. Lawrence and Miguel are presently in Toronto visiting family and friends until Sunday. I will be away in Kitchener from January 1st in the afternoon until January 7. I look…

Dear Parish Family, Merry Christmas! Fr. Lawrence, Miguel and I wish you God’s abundant blessings today and throughout this Christmas Season. May joy, peace and healing be placed in your hearts by our Loving Father who placed Jesus into our world as the Joy of all Nations, Prince of Peace, with Healing in his wings. Special thanks to all the ministries, especially…